BROWN & WILLIAMSON TOBACCO innovation strategy

Patent filings in countries

#	Country	Total Patents
#1	United States	416
#2	Canada	138
#3	Germany	132
#4	United Kingdom	131
#5	Australia	116
#6	Brazil	103
#7	Japan	77
#8	France	74
#9	Italy	73
#10	Switzerland	67
#11	Finland	61
#12	South Africa	60
#13	Belgium	57
#14	Netherlands	55
#15	Sweden	55
#16	Israel	50
#17	Norway	50
#18	Denmark	49
#19	Greece	49
#20	Austria	43
#21	Luxembourg	43
#22	Hong Kong	30
#23	New Zealand	29
#24	Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro)	25
#25	Egypt	24
#26	Turkey	23
#27	Hungary	22
#28	Ireland	22
#29	Poland	22
#30	Zimbabwe	22
#31	Romania	20
#32	Argentina	19
#33	Philippines	19
#34	Spain	18
#35	India	18
#36	Malaysia	18
#37	Mexico	16
#38	WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization)	15
#39	Bulgaria	14
#40	Republic of Korea	13
#41	Singapore	13
#42	USSR (Union of Socialist Soviet Republics)	12
#43	Czechoslovakia	11
#44	Kenya	11
#45	EPO (European Patent Office)	10
#46	China	9
#47	Croatia	7
#48	Lithuania	5
#49	Latvia	5
#50	Slovenia	5
#51	Bosnia and Herzegovina	4
#52	Indonesia	4
#53	Colombia	3
#54	Malawi	3
#55	African Regional Industrial Property Organization	2
#56	Czechia	2
#57	Peru	2
#58	Portugal	2
#59	Russian Federation	2
#60	EAPO (Eurasian Patent Organization)	1
#61	Morocco	1
#62	African Intellectual Property Organization	1
#63	Serbia	1
#64	Slovakia	1
#65	El Salvador	1

#	Industry
#1	Consumer goods
#2	Machines
#3	Packaging and shipping
#4	Chemical engineering
#5	Surface technology and coating

#	Technology
#1	Cigarettes
#2	Tobacco
#3	Machines for making cigarettes
#4	Unspecified technologies
#5	Containers for goods storage
#6	Packaging
#7	Unspecified technologies
#8	Smoking accessories
#9	Separating solids
#10	Devices for applying fluent materials

Publication	Filing date	Title
US2006025292A1	2004-07-29	Producing triple section filters using a dual rod filter maker
US2005268925A1	2004-06-03	Application of mesoporous molecular sieves as selective smoke filtration additives
US2005263161A1	2004-05-27	Tobacco filler of low nitrogen content
US2005247323A1	2004-05-10	Selective filtration of cigarette smoke using chitosan derivatives
US2005241657A1	2004-04-29	Removal of nitrogen containing compounds from tobacco
US2004261805A1	2003-04-29	Smoking article
US2004094171A1	2002-11-19	Cigarette with burn rate modification
US6827573B2	2002-10-25	Gas micro burner
US2004261806A1	2002-10-07	Apparatus and method for processing winnowers at a cigarette maker
US2004045565A1	2002-09-09	Process for reducing nitrogen containing compounds and lignin in tobacco
US2004031706A1	2002-08-13	Resealable cigarette package
NZ531256A	2002-07-30	Cigarette filter with multiple filter sections
US2003070686A1	2002-06-24	Cigarette filter
US2003098030A1	2002-06-24	Cigarette filter
US2003075188A1	2001-10-24	Non-combustible smoking device and fuel element
US6532965B1	2001-10-24	Smoking article using steam as an aerosol-generating source
US6564967B1	2001-06-29	Child resistant tablet dispenser
US6612429B2	2001-06-22	Flip open package with microencapsulated flavor release
US6595216B1	2001-03-20	Method of cutting sheets of reconstituted tobacco
US6536442B2	2000-12-11	Lighter integral with a smoking article